Tony once was a guest to a home in Texas and the hostess asked “have you ever had chicken fried steak?” Tony’s reply: “No!”
What he received was crispy cube steak smothered in pan gravy with mashed potatoes. Tonight I tried to reinvent that recipe. The results? Um, not as flavorful, not as crispy and the meat wasn’t as moist. So I am going to try again so I am not going to post this recipe just yet.
It definitely was crispy in the pan, but then I had to remove it to make the pan gravy. I put the meat on a rack in a 275 oven to keep it warm, so maybe it cooked a little more? Maybe next time I’ll leave that step out. If anyone has any tips about chicken fried steak, could you let me know?
My meat ended up weighing 3.8 ounces, 3/4 cup mashed potatoes, 4 ounces broccoli with 1/2 ounce shredded cheese and about 1/4 cup of the gravy. Unfortunately, I like things spicy, Tony does not, so I think I under season so as not to offend everyone else. Tony is convinced I have burned off my taste buds and I have none left!
Yep, I added crushed red pepper to my tots!
So we have a finalized menu for Thanksgiving! I’ll be sure to post it – Hannah is going to be making two dishes, both of which involve cheddar cheese and bacon!
I decided to tape Biggest Loser since its a 2 hour show – I am pretty sure without commercials I can watch it in about 40 minutes! Fingers crossed that Vicky gets booted tonight!
One more day until the weekend for me! See you at breakfast!
lovely recipe! I used non dairly alternatives but it still turned out well! great reviews from the family.. many thanks!
Mmmm…love chicken fried steak. My big secret is no milk/water in the egg-dip mixture–keeps the crust from falling off, but it’s not a very crisp crust. Look forward to your recipe.
Thanks for all your suggestions! My recipe called for it to be cooked for 10 minutes on one side and 5 minutes on the other – definitely overcooked it!
Love Chicken Fried Steak. My mom makes the best, I don’t know how she does it though, I will ask her for you! Have a great Thanksgiving and lucky you , two dishes with cheddar and bacon!
For my coating I use a mixture of all purpose flour, breadcrumbs, and cornmeal. Little of the ap flour and more of the breadcrumbs and cornmeal. I do a little bit of butter and olive oil in a cast iron skillet for the cooking and it only takes like 1-2 minutes on each side, so the skillet has to be really hot.
Keeping them in the oven was a good idea, but maybe drop the temp back to 200?
Mmmm chicken fried steak! 😀
Crushed red pepper on potatoes? Sound great! I’m a very liberal seasoner 🙂
I’ve heard of “chicken fried steak” but never seen it. The tots look yummy! I like red pepper flakes 🙂 They make me sniffle sometimes.
Wow, sounds tasty.
And delicious eats for the evening too! I think you did a great job! I’m starting to like spicy things myself now! I used to steer clear from it, but I kind of like that kick it gives!
Anyhow, hope you have a great evening! Enjoy your lovely walk tomorrow – I’m look forward to those morning posts of the wonderful outdoors you enjoy – nice weather and all! Cheers!
my fiance loves chicken fried steak… the gravy looks right, though its missing some sausage. Usually the breading is fairly eggy, thats all I know!
I made chicken ‘fried’ steak once except dredged in eggwhites/ crushed flaky cereal and then baked it- it actually ended up really good and crunchy. You could brown it to make it a Bit more traditional, but even my very Oklahoma grandma who Loves chicken fried steak and has been making it since she was in the womb tried a bite and deemed it ‘acceptable’ haha! Hey, I’ll take acceptable from ‘chicken granny’!
And I Super season everything with herbs and spices!! As long as it Enhances the flavor. Ever tried “no-salt salt”? It’s sodium free potassium chloride and you get all the good things about salt (taste/flavor enhancement) with the benefits of potassium instead of the bad sodium effects.
I’ve never had or seen chicken fried steak. Potatoes look good though!